Antoninianus - Gallienus PIETAS AVG

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus) (253-268)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	266-268
Value	Antoninianus (1)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.8 g
Diameter	21.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 289414
References	RIC V.1# 618a Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1927. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.1. Valerian to Florian (AD 253–276). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.gall(2).618a Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Gallienus, radiate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: GALLIENVS AVG

Translation:
Gallienus Augustus.
Gallienus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Gallienus, togate, standing left, sacrificing out of patera held in right hand over tripod and holding spear or sceptre in left hand. Officina mark in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PIETAS AVG
VIIC

Translation:
Pietas Augusti.
Piety of the emperor (Augustus).

Comments

Mass varies: 3.58–4.06 g;
Diameter varies: 21–22 mm;

Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (266-268)

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